| People | Guyana |
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Population:
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744,768 (July 2011 est.)
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected |
Population density:
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4 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 29% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 0.5% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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GEORGETOWN (capital) 132,000 (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 31.9% (male 120,981/female 116,654)
15-64 years: 63.3% (male 235,566/female 235,717)
65 years and over: 4.8% (male 14,801/female 21,049) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 23.9 years
male: 23.2 years
female: 24.6 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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-0.44% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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17.12 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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7.2 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-14.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.71 male(s)/female
total population: 1 male(s)/female (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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270 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 36.76 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 41.09 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 32.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 67.08 years
male: 63.27 years
female: 71.07 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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2.34 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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6.1% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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0.48 physicians/1,000 population (2000) |
Hospital bed density:
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1.9 beds/1,000 population (2007) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 98% of population
rural: 93% of population
total: 94% of population
unimproved:
urban: 2% of population
rural: 7% of population
total: 6% of population (2008) |
Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 85% of population
rural: 80% of population
total: 81% of population
unimproved:
urban: 15% of population
rural: 20% of population
total: 19% of population (2008) |
Major infectious diseases:
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degree of risk: high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: dengue fever and malaria
water contact disease: leptospirosis (2009) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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1.2% (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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5,900 (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 500 (2009 est.) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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10.8% (2007) |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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void |
Nationality:
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noun: Guyanese (singular and plural)
adjective: Guyanese |
Ethnic groups:
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East Indian 43.5%, black (African) 30.2%, mixed 16.7%, Amerindian 9.1%, other 0.5% (2002 census) |
Religions:
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Protestant 30.5% (Pentecostal 16.9%, Anglican 6.9%, Seventh-Day Adventist 5%, Methodist 1.7%), Hindu 28.4%, Roman Catholic 8.1%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.1%, Muslim 7.2%, other Christian 17.7%, other 4.3%, none 4.3% (2002 census) |
Languages:
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English, Amerindian dialects, Creole, Caribbean Hindustani (a dialect of Hindi), Urdu |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school
total population: 91.8%
male: 92%
female: 91.6% (2002 Census) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2009) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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6.1% of GDP (2007) |
People - note:
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void |
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